Lakshmi is a 35-year-old mother and entrepreneur. She and her household of 4 live in Birbhum, West Bengal. She runs a successful small-scale enterprise of selling milk in her locality. Her husband is employed in a private company.
Her family has a monthly income of Rs.11,000. Being a mother who understands the importance of education, she has enrolled both her sons in school. Due to high cost of living and tuition fees, she struggles to save money.
She wishes to expand her business and cater to a larger customer base to improve liv... Read more

47years old Sabita is a hardworking housewife from Chandrapalsa village in Birbhum, West Bengal. She has one son. Her husband is a farmer by profession and the sole breadwinner of the family. Sabita and her son help him quite often in the fields, and the family primarily cultivates seasonal vegetables and sells the produce in the local market. This enables the family to earn a meager monthly income of Rs.14,000 every month of which Rs.9,500 gets used towards meeting the household expenses. This hardly leaves the family with any saving... Read more

Hafeja is 21-year-old. She lives in Alipurduar district of West Bengal. She has a family of 4 members. Her husband is a farmer. She has two kids. She helps her husband in his agricultural work. Her household monthly income is Rs. 8,500. They grow paddy on their land. They sell the produce in the local market. They experience good demand in the market. She wants to expand their business. She needs to buy good quality farm supplies such as seeds, fertilizer and pesticides. This will help them increase the production. Hence, she has appl... Read more

Anoyara Bibi is a 47-year old married woman residing in a small village named Miltala, Kamartor, Karandighi Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal wants to support her Grocery Business. Her husband Mr. Saidur purchases grocery items like Rice, Oil, Potato, spices, Flour etc. from whole sale market and sale them by grocery shop. She has a household size of 4 and a monthly income of Rs. 7,900
She realises that an increase in her income levels and control over income will ensure greater levels of economic independence. It will give he... Read more

Merina Bibi is a 40-year old married woman residing in a small village named Miltala, Kamartor, Karandighi in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal wants to support with her husband for Cow Purchase. Her husband Rabu get milk from cow and sale them . She has a household size of 5 and a monthly income of Rs. 8,100 per month.
She realises that an increase in her income levels and control over income will ensure greater levels of economic independence. It will give her an independent means of generating wealth and becoming self-rel... Read more

Futo a 42-year old married woman residing in a small village named Dumadanghi, Karandighi in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal wants to support her Paddy Business. Her Husband Mr . Tepa Singha purchases paddy from field and sale them in local market by well furnishing and packaging. She has a household size of 4 and a monthly income of Rs.6,900 per month.
She realises that an increase in her income levels and control over income will ensure greater levels of economic independence. It will give her an independent means of gener... Read more

Sarathi a 34-year old married womanresiding in a small village named Dumadanghi, Karandighi in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal wants to support her Paddy Business. Her Husband Mr .Tepa Singha purchases paddy from field and sale them in local market by well furnishing and packaging. She has a household size of 4 and a monthly income of Rs.6,800 per month.
She realises that an increase in her income levels and control over income will ensure greater levels of economic independence. It will give her an independent means of gene... Read more

Champla is 38-year-old. She lives in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. She has a family of 5 members. Her husband is involved in paddy and rice selling the business. She helps her husband in the business along with doing household work. Her monthly household income is Rs 7,100. This business is the only source of income for her family. They buy paddy from local farms and process it.After proper packaging sells it in the local market. The paddy and rice have demand year-round. She wishes to expand her business. She wants to purch... Read more

Chandana is 38-year-old. She lives in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. She has a family of 4 members. Her husband is involved in paddy and rice selling business. She helps her husband in the business along with doing household work. Her monthly household income is Rs 7,500. This business is the only source of income for her family. They buy paddy from local farms and process it.After proper packaging sells it in the local market. The paddy and rice have demand year-round. She wishes to expand her business. She wants to purchase... Read more

Umarani is a hard working wife and mother. She lives with her family in a rural village in Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu. She works in agriculture, farming a number of products that she sells at the local market. Now she wants to expand so she has approached Bharathi Women Development Center for a loan of Rs. 20,000 to buy fertilizer, pesticides, paddy and various seeds. She will then be able to grow paddy, groundnut, sugarcane, cotton and sesame. Umarani is thankful to her lenders. She will repay the loan over 18 months.... Read more